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Concealed Carry Weapons permit process.....

Navy Chief

Navy Chief

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I drove to Punta Gorda, FL yesterday to apply for my Concealed Carry Weapons permit.

That office in Punta Gorda Florida Dept. of Agriculture - was the most efficient government office I'd ever visited.

I arrived 15 minutes early. Before I could even sign in, one of the employees came up, asked me for my driver's license and the required paperwork for the permit. Within 5 minutes, I was finished!

Most of the time, especially when a state or federal govt. agency is involved, I expect gross inefficiency and delays. Not this time.

Quick, painless, and fast!

Pete
 
That is good to hear Pete! I know when I got my Florida CCWP I too experienced the same thing. I did it through mail granted, but at the time there was a high volume of people getting permitted. I was told it would be possibly months. I got mine in the mail not even 3 weeks later. I was pleasantly surprised. I have to do it again in Virginia now, and can only hope the process goes as smoothly. What you carrying anyway?
 
For some odd reason the most efficient government office in the world happens to be the division of the FLorida Dept of Agriculture that issues CCW permits.

Even the office down in Miami is surprisingly efficient. I know quiet of few people that have applied for a CCW in person and have said the same thing.
 
I am not carrying any weapon yet, but I will be taking my newly-acquired Browning Model 1910 .380 to the local firing range to do some practice; most likely next week.

I also plan to take more courses; i.e. NRA Personal Protection Inside/Outside the Home, for more experience.

Pete


 
If I may ask, what did it cost in Florida? I personally believ it's the duty of every law abiding citizen to carry if they so choose. It's a dangerous world and in my life I've come to believe that anything can happen to anyone anywhere at any time no matter how good of a person one is and I for one am not much into being a victim.
 
My son just got his permit here in Washington State and he experienced the same cordial and efficient service. Very unusual for a Washington State office.

That said, we've been out to the range a couple of times over the Holidays and had a great time getting his new pistol sighted in and getting some practice in.

Mid,

You are absolutely spot on.
 
In Alaska a concealed weapon permit can be obtained even faster: it isn't required. Most of the people I know personally carry for protection against bear or moose especially when hiking. Of course to drop a bear with a pistol requires a 50 caliber which is also capable of taking your hand off from the recoil I am told.
 
middle said:
If I may ask, what did it cost in Florida? I personally believ it's the duty of every law abiding citizen to carry if they so choose. It's a dangerous world and in my life I've come to believe that anything can happen to anyone anywhere at any time no matter how good of a person one is and I for one am not much into being a victim.
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Most classes cost $50 dollars-4 hours

If you have a DD214 thats all you need to apply with no class

The DOA gets $117 for the permit in Florida

Wife & I got ours this summer

Rick
 
When I got my FL CCW was about 2 years ago. The fingerprints from JSO was $25 or $30 if memory serves me correctly. Then the license paperwork itself was an additional $70. The fee's have gone up since the end of the year though. I think it is $90 now for the permit. I was waived from the class for being active duty military with a current weapons qualification.. Is good on ya Pete for wanting to take some classes before carrying. Especially if you haven't carried a weapon before, or in awhile I suppose. .380 is a good choice to. My original carry weapon was a Soviet army Makarov PM 9X18mm.. Before I left Florida though I was carrying my Kimber Ultra Carry II .45, and when I get my CC back in Virginia it is what I will be carrying again. I do need to find a good range up here though. I know over the last year in Florida I could not shoot my Makarov because of the old Russian steel case ammo which is the main reason I swapped over to the .45, because that was the only gun I could practice with at the range that was compact. Hoping to find a range that will let me shoot steel case here. Especially since I have so much of it.
 
They'll be just as efficient when the time comes to use the paperwork you signed to come and confiscate your weapons. You think I'm full of BS, read your history books, the US is going down the same path. Stop leaving paper trails!!!!
 
middle said:
If I may ask, what did it cost in Florida? I personally believ it's the duty of every law abiding citizen to carry if they so choose. It's a dangerous world and in my life I've come to believe that anything can happen to anyone anywhere at any time no matter how good of a person one is and I for one am not much into being a victim.
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The cost of the permit is $117, and is good for 7 years.


Pete
 
Terry said:
They'll be just as efficient when the time comes to use the paperwork you signed to come and confiscate your weapons. You think I'm full of BS, read your history books, the US is going down the same path. Stop leaving paper trails!!!!
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With as many gun owners in this country as there are,..... there would be a full blown revolution if that is attempted. Pete
 
Navy Chief said:
With as many gun owners in this country as there are,..... there would be a full blown revolution if that is attempted. Pete
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Please wake up and smell the coffee. Revolution will never happen as long as the people have food and shelter. History tells us that they are the triggers.
 
I think we can keep this thread on track and not diverge into a thread on revolution.

Point taken though and while Terry can obviously point to the Communist and Nazi disarmament of their citizenry prior to WW II and possibly the post WW I and recent efforts in the Commonwealth, it probably doesn't belong here. That said, one of the responsibilities of citizenship is eternal vigilance.
 
Jagdflieger said:
I think we can keep this thread on track and not diverge into a thread on revolution.

Point taken though and while Terry can obviously point to the Communist and Nazi disarmament of their citizenry prior to WW II and possibly the post WW I and recent efforts in the Commonwealth, it probably doesn't belong here. That said, one of the responsibilities of citizenship is eternal vigilance.
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Complete agreement. Ditto. Pete
 
Terry said:
They'll be just as efficient when the time comes to use the paperwork you signed to come and confiscate your weapons. You think I'm full of BS, read your history books, the US is going down the same path. Stop leaving paper trails!!!!
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They are more than welcome to come take my weapons. Albeit it will be one bullet at a time up until the point I am taken out, but they are more than free to try. It is a concious decision I made awhile ago that if they try to do so then I am not giving them up without a fight. Cause at that point stuff is going to be pretty bad anyway if they are coming around rounding up weapons, and we will already be well on the road to dictatorship. So not like I would want to stick around anyway. So may as well take as many of the bastards as I can with me IF the time ever comes. Granted I pray that it does not happen, but every passing day I am less and less sure of the road that we are on... I am sure there will be a lot of citizens like this in Austrailia, and England that will freely hand them over. I am also equally sure there are quite a number out there like me who are going to stand up for their second amendment rights, and that it will not be a walk in the park for them. That is primary reason I have so many Soviet firearms.
 
I bet out Eurpean members find this an odd thread.

Chief, my experience with the CCP was the same. Pretty simple.

I actually find all of my experiences with the State to be easy, as long as I've done my homework and have all my documentation.
 
Roadburner440 said:
They are more than welcome to come take my weapons. Albeit it will be one bullet at a time up until the point I am taken out, but they are more than free to try. It is a concious decision I made awhile ago that if they try to do so then I am not giving them up without a fight. Cause at that point stuff is going to be pretty bad anyway if they are coming around rounding up weapons, and we will already be well on the road to dictatorship. So not like I would want to stick around anyway. So may as well take as many of the bastards as I can with me IF the time ever comes. Granted I pray that it does not happen, but every passing day I am less and less sure of the road that we are on... I am sure there will be a lot of citizens like this in Austrailia, and England that will freely hand them over. I am also equally sure there are quite a number out there like me who are going to stand up for their second amendment rights, and that it will not be a walk in the park for them. That is primary reason I have so many Soviet firearms.
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This is not the path this thread should be taking Roadburner, it does nothing but invite 'unfriendly' prods from non-gun owners.
FYI, handguns, and concealed handguns are not common in Australia, while a recent amnesty was an eye opener when it came to the quantity and variety of military grade 'long arms' handed over.
Most of my generation had 'Family' on the land where we learned to handle firearms as kids under the instruction of our WW.I Grandfathers or WW.II Fathers, whereas today's generation are not interested.
Actually, in this day and age, knives are the concealed weapon of choice among young people, a side benefit of our present immigration policy ..........:kilroy:
I doubt ANYONE will be coming to relieve you of your weapons, no government has the Testicular Fortitude to go down that path, so rest assured, you will not have to "give them up without a fight".
One observation if I may make a point, unless one has been in the situation of having to terminate another Human Being's life with a weapon, be it a handgun or a garrotte, anything else is just bravado.
No offence intended.
And a PS: YHS is a fully licensed gun owner.
 
"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."
--Thomas Jefferson, quoting Cesare Beccaria in On Crimes and Punishment (1764).'''



 "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government"

<center>-- Thomas Jefferson,


</center> "The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good"

<center>-- George Washington</center> "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed."

<center>-- Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers


</center> Why is it that our Founding Fathers had it understood correctly to bear arm from the get-go,...something sorely misinterpreted in today's controlling atmosphere?
 
Well, I guess I will weigh in now.
As a retired LEO and police firearms instructor since 1978 with rifle, pistol, shotgun and automatic weapons certifications I guess my 2 cents worth with inflation isn't worth much today, but,

being from Illinois, the ONLY State in the USA where the 2nd Amendment to our US Constitution is routinely ignored and noses thumbed at, I have to say that anyone that would give up Constitutional rights for a false sense of security deserves neither. hmmmm, where have I read that one before?

In any case, most LEO south of I-80 and west of I-39 support the citizen in their ability to exercise the 2nd Amendment rights of American citizens.
It is NOT the LEO of America that citizens need to fear. Go online and read section 1031, now 1021-1022 of the recently passed NDAA and signed into law by the President. THAT should cause some major concerns to freedom loving American citizens. Our Congress can pass laws such as this, but have yet to bring our immigration laws into the 21st century or pass a balanced budget.

I am not taking sides on the immigration issues, other than to say that we need modern immigration laws, not draconian laws that no longer work and are not being enforced by those sworn to uphold and enforce them. When governments can pick and choose which laws are to be enforced and which are to be ignored, and when, and upon whom, one no longer lives in a representative democracy.

Two US Supreme Court cases: Heller vs DC and MacDonald vs Chicago have settled the 2nd Amendment argument in 48 States. Illinois and New Jersey are the only two States that apply infringements upon US citizens right to the 2nd Amendment.

There are multiple cities in the USA that infringe.
 
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